Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-12-31
81 H READING STRIKE.

Is I = ssss se Il 49, = ~ It'll = &c
/ 1he tht RACK ado Lifted Through.
h s5Lis1uderstnetl1ngK Knights OF Exbor r.
Il t1rn ~ vosk n tho iasltef That the
DfAorences u1th the Road win he Ar
bifrAfod-TheGa unpnny Refuses to- rbj-.
Erato And Clafnas It Has NeverMAgreo.l
- On So An6ther Tis-Up Threatenods
- = Result.
| RE4DNG, Pa. Dec % The strike IL
settled Theee were the words which
came ever the Wires into the general Offices
/ Of the Heading Railroad Company in this
I city ct o'clock yesterday morning, and
there was rejoicing all along. thescompany's
line in consequence. sss.S Il
| Before daylight the members OF every
Knight of Labor assembly on Reading
railroad territory were notified to go to
work, and there was an air Of activity
about the entire railroad which has not
been noticed for week. The Philadel-
phia Reading headquarters here
presented an animated scene. Hun
dreds of non-union men were on; hand ea~
gerly waiting to be called by Reading OFF,
/ cials in case their services should be want
ed Some had previously been employed
on the road while others were mex
perienced Among the number were
men who belonged to the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, but
who had lost their positions In the
disastrous strike Of 1877, and who are at
present engaged in other industries They,
too, were waiting q summons, but their
services were not needed it was nearly
noon when several score Of engines were
gotten ont of the round houses, at POTTS.
vile, Reading, PottstoWn and other
places, and sent down the road
to move the side-tracked coal
trains to Port Richmond The cars between
Reading and Philad eanhia were first moved
These contain 90 t,fl(l tons Of coa1 md win
Ia DIM rod tho ,.,l,a,vas
Erai cb+
$50 ms =.
Sl,,,.,.,,1i,i - lug
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Dl1f iaaA, l4Aecu1.Ve
oonliio.ee = .ne taeaolng improves As
Heinply esliy yos.elaay morning INA aIser q
secleS session =. WHICH tasted several hours.
y s 70 NJ 1ne greab stilke 3 on tne
h s1'leR system pendlng afDltrablon with
bl e, COMPANY. ..s..s4
Ae ieaueIs u lhe sdrike asserted tnab
perm sssnueno p"eiga y. OF Inc
ioau nao ,.,s 70 uns propo-
si.ion ~ a. In.s hll, oWeigaru oe-
enu " n1aAe W. n.lT inole sweep
q g guy oiie
- : s. 20
raad - ,r. it naa
Is ahsolntely fa1se here is natlin, , - a;s
c,ss mneh less 10 arhitrs.te The men die.
charged were not and win not be- taken
back. The new men employed when the
old ones went out will not be discharged to
make room for old ones, and all the
latter have been notified that If they
desire to retain their places they must
any, aha an nave returned unaer 1nat order SO
,ar as pl..1es were lsl. ZOE besloes, me
STRIFE have aan ana M MT 'e
allowed again in the company's service,
porrsynnE Pa. Dec 27-A committees
sent to Philadelnhia to confer with snner-
intendent Sweigard in reference TO fine re-
Summation If the stril,ers returned - +bis
CITY last eveninp and rennrted That NJ
}c,roio.o,3 no s,,,s;s+, ,,,,r a.,
d;scharoa os the = Win f,s+
=, Do,t
1870. ;.,,
raf,,ss ~ 6a,,.1e, go. ms VIZ
,nitta ,o,sa-tsd ta,s ,d +l,a,, as,sa
t,,at ~. .ls,. s+,,,ra,s
q a,,,,ouaa mh,s Co. "o 60 W
gard refused and tI,a cnnferan 90 ahrnntlv .
terminated This irenort. Greatly incensed
the meeting. and as q result com mittees left
here last night for all points sonth AZ far as
Philadelnhia ana north to Tamanna shame
=, 49,, a.saa..ls1;e
- :. 1ue us
.4.o = o,ae
gehellali Gle-uP alohg bne whole line Will Dc
IeanaugguIateu uo-aay. A smeeting OF the
headlng employees convention, composed
or representatives OF railroad employees and
miners at the Reading Coal & Iron Com
Thursday All which, IL il m atad hu Iaodino-
Knirhta ~ : ho, ha,o tl,st =
~ :. aa,l,s ~ -. ,..;11 -
,D JUG niiiolD WIZ po oiueIeu
20 sIlKe, anu bne passenger train crews be
called out Intense interest is felt here in 4
the developments Of this morning, but there
are many who are disinclined to believe
that the Knights along the line who have
been re-emnloyed viii consent To strike
AGAIN 49,
In am interview with an z,,o,.;,e, renortar
last night = Knioht of I ahor aail7 +ha Strife
nm th.. Raaf1ino ROAD yuaa forced IN, n,
Reading management AZ nart, az an nrpan~
lied plan of the Pennsylvania. Reading and
Jersey Central foods ~ hroop re 49,
Kniuh+a If Tabor y '-1o
Dr. H. no NJ. .e,,.
a;,.a,.la. 49,. Dso 80 e. loilo~Ing
% = ole' uiuoe " oae
11s ooap.iy yes.e. - u"y I've. noon
ia q. McLeoo
dar r fror ,r. . Ut
fact that many 81 orr did and faithrnl
EMPLOYEES have been comnelled nv others
to Join the organization :. known ne
the knights OF Labor. While the Read
ing Railroad Company has never objected to
Its employees voluntarily connecting them.
selves with any labor organization they may
ards and at any cost from being forced into any